The Ben Race

[Mark G]

I've mentioned it on another post but I was staying near Arisaig recently and the return bus fare to Fort William was £5.70 - thats for a trip of about 70 miles, and with just enough time to have a reasonably steady run up the Ben before the bus back. I'm up there again later this month but there is not a late afternoon bus back on a Saturday so I'll be coming to the Glen Nevis campsite a day or so before the race. There is a train as well, I dont know the fare for that but its a bit less convenient (the bus let me off and picked me up at the Achintee road end and stops 400 yards from the campsite I was on at Arisaig).

[emmilou]

For those that haven't seen it or want a quick reminder here's Marks (fellephants) vid from last year..... done in black and white due to the nastiness of the weather but I think it captures what it's all about, possibly more than the 'staged' bbc filming that is apparently happening this year????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgl9PDEOdeU

[nightingale]

For those that haven't seen it or want a quick reminder here's Marks (fellephants) vid from last year..... done in black and white due to the nastiness of the weather but I think it captures what it's all about, possibly more than the 'staged' bbc filming that is apparently happening this year????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgl9PDEOdeU

Thanks for that. Spotted you in the clip ;-)

I found this as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPYud...eature=related which I think is usefull. I had no idea there was tarmac involved. Looking forward to it now.

[Runway]

Just got our Race Cards in the post this morning.
Mentions that the Grassy Bank is being taped off due to erosion and we need to reccy a new route! around this area.
That should be interesting, need to get behind a Lochaber runner at this point !!!

[IainR]

Just got our Race Cards in the post this morning.
Mentions that the Grassy Bank is being taped off due to erosion and we need to reccy a new route! around this area.
That should be interesting, need to get behind a Lochaber runner at this point !!!

They've been on about that for a while, kind of inevitable, but this will add a few minutes to the times..

[daz h]

They've been on about that for a while, kind of inevitable, but this will add a few minutes to the times..

Bit disapointed if im honest that we wont be doing the traditional race route.

[IainR]

Bit disapointed if im honest that we wont be doing the traditional race route.

Yeah same here, good on the feet to have a few yards of grass, but the race route was getting quite a scar. I'd rather run the original route, but I think this is an understandable step.

[Stagger]

Just got our Race Cards in the post this morning.
Mentions that the Grassy Bank is being taped off due to erosion and we need to reccy a new route! around this area.
That should be interesting, need to get behind a Lochaber runner at this point !!!

Will it be a new record this year then?

[LissaJous]

Mentions that the Grassy Bank is being taped off due to erosion

You mean the bit where someone threw a boulder at me last year?!! A marshal shouted something, and I looked to the side in time to see a substantial rock shooting past me. Would have been ouch! I'm not running the Ben this year, busy elsewhere!

[Marvin]

All it says is that a "narrow strip of eroded ground" is being taped off. I guess this means only a slight change of route, and not really very significant in terms of change in distance.